Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-12-15
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SAN g0usTOa'S SECRET.
The Reason Why He Deserted Ills Bride
and Went 10 Live Among the IN.
diana Ny ystrry Cleared Up

st Louis Letter: The blank IN the
history Of he famous sam Houston
has at last been filled up. II will he
remembered that after living for some
time among the Cherokee Indians and
lighting in the war OF 1912 he settled
in Tennessee, began the practice oi
law, and was twice elected to congress
and in 1927 was elected governor of
Tennessee, and in January, 1929, he
was married To the belle OF Tennessee.
and in less than two months after his
marriage he suddenly resigned the
governorship. deserted his wife and
home al 4, appeared. This createl
~ IA eIi,e -e;lsd.'Dd firoughout the
country. t. i.ou~ipsi was regarded o.,
the most pronns u, man in the South.
The G ,rsr q. l:ogs IN resignation OF
tie soyeruorship. i.i, Ic,rrtion of h:~
hi H. and hi abandonment oi the
path oi Clvi.irH ion. na- a ,ays been
a mystery. lie nr'er rerc led 1t him
self IA hi- civilized ifitiA j. \ stan
,orr@'pont.n .! ,lir : Louis Repuh-
Ecan. sent 20 Iahlcq,Iah. Indian Ter
rltury. to write upthe Indian troubles.
obtained from un'loubted authority
facts that clear M this mysteiy.
When Houston resigned the govern
or-hlp he rode straight from Tn
ne,see's capital to the Arkansas river.
lie iell in Wit Il band ofO.age Indians
near he present site OF Fort Gibson.
tod them he desired to live with the
tribe. and he was Welcomed He
douned : bieerh-rlout and blanket
shaved his head to the crown. and
dauLed his face with paint. ile cu,
himself of entirely from civilization
and lived with the Indians
For II time he was leader and m.
ried an Indian girl. but aitcrward he
came II drnnkard. While under the
Influence oi whisky he told the story
OF his flight from Tennessee To John
Jorley. an Indian companion. .Iorlrv
told it to Wolf Star, and from H..
latter the correspondent got it.
lIoust on's wife married him to
please her parents. She had h,rl
previously engaged to II young man IN
Nashville, but. under parental in;iu-
ence, broke of the engagement aud
accepted Iiouston's offer of marriage,
and, III view of his prospects, it was
thought She had made n brilliant
match. He loved the young wopiar,
ana was made to believe that she re-
;s.;s.s.l l..is-
no knowledge of the previous engage
nlent, and his wife managed to main
tain outward chcerfulness for soruc
time. He returned home one niaLr
about ! ! O'Clock and his wife vas in
bed and she WAS weeping. TIE hus-
band was solIc:tous and the wiir fret
iul. He asked What caused her teai.,
and she gave no satisfactory answer
He importuned her, aud at Inst Size
told him.
She sid she was a bad. w.clied
woman; that She uIti N : love her hu,-
band. but loved another man: that
she could never love her husband or
Target the other man, and that her
life was miserable She confessed that
ior some time before she had been en-
gaged to marry Houston she had
maintained illicit relations with the
other man. Houston never said n
word, but Immediately wen. Ia his
)iilce, wrote his reSignai ION a> noN
'rnor, saldlnd n horse and rOdr in'o
he wilderness. This j. tho mystery
)f liouston's life n re>caicd hv him
SELF
Houston kept littlc store anurg
ne Indians. and always mad ~ barrel
Dn tap. He drank all the time In
his way he lived for coupleof year,
lie finally went to Texas. where his
brilliant career ~ n soldier in tho
Fexas war, "a president Of Ii.r i.Na-
and senator from II" :, ,atr of
reNas il well known.